ERIC Number: EJ1338360
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jun
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1866-2625
EISSN: EISSN-1866-2633
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Implementing "Banking Time" with Teachers and Preschoolers Displaying Disruptive Behaviors: Links between Consultant-Teacher Relationship Quality, Implementation Fidelity and Dosage, and Dyadic Teacher-Child Interactions
Ann Partee; Amanda Williford; Jessica Whittaker
School Mental Health, v14 n2 p341-356 Jun 2022
Teacher consultation is commonly used to ensure that classroom-based interventions are implemented with fidelity to achieve targeted outcomes, yet the consultation process is not well understood. Consultant-teacher relationship quality is one feature of consultation that may promote intervention outcomes--both directly and indirectly via teachers' implementation. The current study used mediation models to examine the direct links between consultant-teacher relationship quality, assessed from the perspective of the consultant and teacher, and observed dyadic teacher-child interactions, as well as the indirect effect through teachers' implementation fidelity and dosage. Implementation data come from the "Banking Time" intervention (N = 168 children, 57 teachers), a dyadic teacher-child intervention that targets the quality of interactions between teachers and preschoolers perceived to display disruptive behavior. Consultants (N = 4) worked with teachers to support their implementation of specific "Banking Time" practices. Findings supported a direct link between consultant-reported relationship quality and teachers' observed interactions with children; however, no evidence for an indirect effect was found. Consultant-reported relationship quality predicted implementation dosage but not fidelity. Across findings, consultant-reported relationship quality emerged as a stronger predictor of outcomes than teacher-reported relationship quality. Results have implications for school-based interventions that employ teacher consultation to support teachers.
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Interpersonal Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes, Consultants, Interpersonal Communication, Teacher Student Relationship, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Intervention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B140026
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